Xsaras slowish ?

[Tom206wrc]

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but he also said that he is sure that the decision to go back to Kronos for 2007 was absolutly right, because the works teams are so much faster and they spend so much more money in development than last year, that with the peugeot he would be even more behind the top times than now with the xsara...

Wow !!! He really said that about the car that therefore allowed him to end on many podiums last year ????

[WRC1]

part1 of the interview
http://www.motorline.cc/rallye/index...article=137906
part2
http://www.motorline.cc/rallye/index...article=137937
part3
http://www.motorline.cc/rallye/index...article=137906

@Don Jippo: yes i thought the same, but he really said this here:

"Das glaube ich auch nicht, dass diese Angst besteht. Es ist nicht leicht zu erklären. Fakt ist, dass die Teile, die heute im C4 verbaut sind, auch schon im letztjährigen Xsara eingebaut waren."

fact is that the parts wich are today in the c4 where in last years xsara...

@ Tom: he said in part 2 of the interview that he loved the whale, for 2006 this was the best combination, but there was no chance of improving or/and developing at peugeot and the competition is much harder than last year, so he thinks that with citroen there is a better chance of improvement and development...

regards

wrc1

[A.F.F.]

Wow !!! He really said that about the car that therefore allowed him to end on many podiums last year ????

Agreed. Last year he was praising 307 the best car he has ever driven.

[LeonBrooke]

but he also said that he is sure that the decision to go back to Kronos for 2007 was absolutly right, because the works teams are so much faster and they spend so much more money in development than last year, that with the peugeot he would be even more behind the top times than now with the xsara...

regards

wrc1

The problem is that last year Stohl was in the best 307 in the field. This year he's in a previous-generation car, a car that he's said he had problems getting comfortable with, that's far below works standard. This year he has to keep the Citroen factory happy by not beating them; last year he was the best Peugeot out there and no one was attempting to reign in his performance.

[Tom206wrc]

If it's true that the whale has no more developpment, it should be the same for the Xsara anyway, no ???

[Brother John]

I had told once already. What you see is not always what it is..........
So Citroën was played a false game in 2006.............?!?
I have not been surprised about this.
Most here believe really that big teams or factories are no impostors!
Belief me! Business is always to deceive for the money.....or for the honour of the name!!!
Is Loeb really a super driver without Citroën and Michelin????????
The future will say it. I think as Citroën disappear in the WRC Loeb also will disappear and move to the Le Mans series. mokin:

[WRC1]

If it's true that the whale has no more developpment, it should be the same for the Xsara anyway, no ???

in rallying you dont develop the whole car as such, but parts of it!

for sure there will be no development of the aerodynamic parts of the xsara or the bodyshell itself, but all the technic parts (gearbox, engine, clutch, brakes, suspension, steering...) fits from C4 to xsara and the other way round, so if there is a developend in this parts, and i am sure there is one, AND the poeple at Citroen sport are willing, than these parts can be used also in the kronos cars...


sorry for my english, but i hope you get what i wanted to say
regards

wrc1